by Johan Theorin · BLACK SWAN · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552777049
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«The Quarry» is the suspense and mystery novel by Johan Theorin, published by Black Swan in paperback (480 pages, in English).
On the Swedish island of Öland, Jerry Morner lives in seclusion in a cabin beside an old quarry. A fire reveals two corpses on his property, and his son begins to investigate a past his father preferred to hide; the inquiries unearth crimes and family secrets.
The Swedish original of «The Quarry», titled «Blodläge», was published in 2010; this English edition appeared in December 2012.
For readers of Nordic noir, in the vein of Swedish thrillers by Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson.
Johan Theorin is a Swedish journalist and author. Throughout his life, Johan Theorin has been a regular visitor to the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. His mother’s family—sailors, fishermen and stone cutters—have lived there for centuries, nurturing the island’s legacy of supernatural tales and folklore.
